My stolen laptop sold on ebay now possible civil dispute? Please help!

bod1467 · 19 March 2013 at 12:54PM

adz2010 wrote: »

I know need to find out who the chief constable is.

Which police area (constabulary) are you in? Or (if pertinent), which constabulary is holding the laptop?

MamaMoo_2 · 19 March 2013 at 12:59PM

Have you tried tweeting them if your local police have a twitter account? Sounds silly, but I did it a while back when a complaint against two officers was being ignored and got a message back sharpish. Things moved very quickly then

adz2010 · 19 March 2013 at 1:44PM

bod1467 wrote: »

Which police area (constabulary) are you in? Or (if pertinent), which constabulary is holding the laptop?

The police station is Wembley and Alperton forces.

The team investigating is in Alperton and the acting sergeant is in Wembley and properly where my laptop is.

adz2010 · 19 March 2013 at 1:46PM

MamaMoo wrote: »

Have you tried tweeting them if your local police have a twitter account? Sounds silly, but I did it a while back when a complaint against two officers was being ignored and got a message back sharpish. Things moved very quickly then

Great idea. The one in the email is @metpoliceuk which is the main one I think!

bod1467 · 19 March 2013 at 1:49PM

http://www.met.police.uk/about/leadership.htm ... Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.

The Met have a Commissioner rather than a Chief Constable.

adz2010 · 19 March 2013 at 2:04PM

bod1467 wrote: »

http://www.met.police.uk/about/leadership.htm ... Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe.

The Met have a Commissioner rather than a Chief Constable.

Thanks for this.

MamaMoo_2 · 19 March 2013 at 2:29PM

adz2010 wrote: »

Great idea. The one in the email is @metpoliceuk which is the main one I think!

Try @MPSBrent as they'll be your local team, and they respond more regularly than the main account

adz2010 · 19 March 2013 at 3:21PM

MamaMoo wrote: »

Try @MPSBrent as they'll be your local team, and they respond more regularly than the main account

You guys are amazing!

adz2010 · 19 March 2013 at 3:30PM

I am just going to write up a complaint to the IPCC before I tweet them.

missile · 19 March 2013 at 4:56PM

Make it a letter i.e. by snail mail. Address it to "The Chief Constable" of whichever force is holding your laptop. Keep it brief, but do mention that the officer is not returning your calls. As I said a senior officer is obliged to investigate and you will be asked to sign off that your complaint has been investigated. Do not, until your laptop is returned.